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Woolwich 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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On these totals, the rates subsequently given are calculated.
Woolwich and Plumstead Parishes are estimated to have
increased in the same ratio as in the preceding 5 years. But
the increase in the population of Eltham and each ward is
estimated on the number of houses assessed in the months
April to June.
Births.
6. Table I. gives the births in the Borough during 1901 and
each of the past ten years, with the birth rates, and Table II.
gives the births during 1901 in each ward. The birth rate,
30.0, was higher than it had been for three years, but was
below the average for the ten years. The rate for the County
of London was 29 0.
7. The following table shows the birth rate of the three parishes and eleven wards of Woolwich, and how these compare with the neighbouring Boroughs, and the County.
| Birth rate. | |
|---|---|
| Woolwich Parish | 28.5 |
| Wards. | |
| Dockyard | 32.3 |
| St. Mary's | 19.9 |
| River | 28.7 |
| St. George's | 36.0 |
| Plumstead Parish | 31.5 |
| Wards. | |
| Burrage | 25.7 |
| Herbert | 26.1 |
| St. Margaret's | 31.6 |
| Central | 29.3 |
| Glyndon | 32.4 |
| St. Nicholas | 36.4 |
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